Beschrijving
River landscape with a farmhouse at the water's edge and tall trees to the left. Several small vessels on the water to the right, and some moored rowing boats in the foreground.
Proof printing of an etching in red on thin wove paper, sheet size 159 x 210 mm., platemark 79 x 119 mm., titled in pencil by the artist in the lower left margin. Signed with the annotation 'epreuve d'artiste'. Made by Wijnand Nieuwenkamp in 1901. Only fifty copies were printed of this print before the plate was destroyed.
Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp Amsterdam (1874 – 1950 San Domenico di Fiesole) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter, architect, shipwright and expolorer. He made extensive travels to several of the Indonesian islands, including Java, Bali, and Lombok. Consequently, he made orientalist prints, as well as Dutch landscapes.
An excellent early printing in red of this delicate plate. Collector's stamp (gJh or pJh, not in Lugt) on the verso lower left.
References: Hubert E 53.
